On 5 May 2011 18:05, Igor Brejc <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:33 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> 2011/5/5 Grant Slater <[email protected]>: >> >> What about changing the tile urls frequently? This could be automated >> and synchronized with the start page and would stop those apps quite >> fast (at least until they start making the urls in their app dynamic >> and synchronize as well). > > > That would punish everyone, even those apps that adhere to the policy. I see > no reason to prevent access to an app which just mimics the browser and > shows a limited map area, uses throttling and caches those tiles for more > than a week. > Besides, this would not really help OSM spread its word. I'm sure there are > better ways of dealing with offenders.
Yup, you capture my feelings exactly. I also think something like this should be added to the policy: App must display: 'Help improve this map: www.osm.org' with a clickable link. Translations acceptable. / Grant _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
